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Introduction

Conversation Stations

Other Resources on Health Disparities and Epigenetics

Race and Health Disparities: Topics:

The section on Race and Health Disparities spotlight four aspects of how racism impacts people’s health and health-related experiences: (1) Epigenetic Inheritance highlights trauma across generations; (2) Environment and Health features disparities because of social systems like public housing, environmental pollution, etc.; (3) Medical Treatment discusses disparities by health care providers; and (4) Health Systems shows how racial attitudes and perceptions contribute to resistance to improving health care systems.

Race: Topics:

This section on Race contains the following: Slavery examines the intersections of religious beliefs and slavery, both in the U.S. and elsewhere during colonialism. Land and Housing explores Native American land seizure, white supremacy in housing, and gentrification. Banks and Finance spotlights racial discrimination in access to capital. Criminal Justice highlights historical racism not only in disparities but practices like convict-leasing, lynching, and hate crimes. Employment lists forms of discrimination in the workplace, hiring, labor unionizing and participation. Eugenics traces the history of eugenics in white American and elsewhere. Schooling examines disparities in the educational system and racial impacts of funding and administration. Politics and Power examines the use of race in political campaigns, the procedural justice wrongs such as voting rights denied and gerrymandering, substantive justice wrongs like education, health, and welfare, and racial fascism in the U.S. Immigration examines the moral, economic, and political challenges of immigration, along with the political manipulation of immigration as an issue. Child Development highlights racial implications in emotional development and psychological awareness. Health Disparities examines the significance of race on epigenetic factors, environmental factors, medical treatment, and health care politics. Beauty examines how race impacts notions of beauty and professionalism. Race is part of our critique of the political Right and Left in the U.S.

Church and Empire: Topics:

The following topics are also listed under the “Church and Empire” section of our website. They are offered here to remind us what Christian faith was like prior to colonialism, and in resistance to colonialism, to show that Christianity is not “a white man’s religion.”